Editing April 16 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[1450s BC|1457 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|Battle of Megido]] – the first [[battle]] to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Redford |first=Donald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uDdg8bDVzMC&pg=PA206 |title=The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III |publisher=BRILL |year=2003 |isbn=978-90-04-12989-4 |pages=197–198 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cline |first=Eric H |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DM32ynvakvEC |title=The Battles of Armageddon: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-472-06739-8 |pages=18, 21, 22 |language=English}}</ref>
*[[AD 69|69]] &ndash; Defeated by [[Vitellius]]' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor [[Otho]] commits suicide.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=218|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[AD 73|73]] &ndash; [[Masada]], a Jewish fortress, falls to the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] after several months of siege, ending the [[First Jewish–Roman War]].<ref>Duncan B. Campbell, "Capturing a desert fortress: Flavius Silva and the siege of Masada", [[Ancient Warfare (magazine)|''Ancient Warfare'']] Vol. IV, no. 2 (Spring 2010), pp. 28–35. The dating is explained on pp. 29 and 32.</ref>
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[Stefan Dušan]], "the Mighty", is crowned [[Emperor of the Serbs]] at [[Skopje]], [[Serbian Empire|his empire]] occupying much of the [[Balkans]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Fine | first=John Van Antwerp Jr. |author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. |title = The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest | publisher = [[University of Michigan Press]]| place =Ann Arbor | year = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-472-08260-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC|page=309}}</ref>
*[[1520]] &ndash; The [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] begins in Spain against the rule of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Haliczer |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Haliczer |title=The Comuneros of Castile: The Forging of a Revolution, 1475–1521 |year=1981 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=0-299-08500-7 |page=160}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Hernando de Lerma]] founds the settlement of [[Salta]], Argentina.